unusual textiles,made from discarded orange peel, milk or algae, and are reducing the environmental impact of the world’s second-most polluting industryOrange peel is the unlikely by-product behind a unusual textile that’s being incorporated into collections by designer Salvatore Ferragamo.
Back in 2013,Adriana Santanocito, a fashion student in Milan, and her friend and colleague Enrica Arena looked into whether anything useful could be done with the huge amounts of orange peel left behind by juicing machines. Related: UK households binned 300000 tonnes of clothing in 2016 Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com